http://www.democraticdiva.com because a well-behaved diva rarely makes history Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:00:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en That brilliant analogy comes thanks to Michelle Steinberg, who works tirelessly as the Public Policy Director of Planned Parenthood for Central and Northern Arizona.  I ran into her at the Heritage Dinner at the Wyndham earlier tonight.  We were talking about the upcoming collection and I had mused about why there ... http://www.democraticdiva.com/2008/07/20/its-like-choosing-between-an-ice-cream-sandwich-or-a-root-canal/ I'm blogging from the Maricopa County Democratic Party Convention right now.   The statewide and countywide candidates were all given a chance to speak.   They were supposed to only take 3 minutes each, but being politicians, the time is measured in dog years so it took over an hour an hour and a ... http://www.democraticdiva.com/2008/07/19/choosing-a-county-attorney-candidate-is-turning-out-to-be-like-dating/ As you are no doubt aware, Barack Obama is scheduled to make a trip to Europe and the Middle East in the upcoming week.  Obviously, with a full entourage and a passel of reporters accompanying him, it's kinda hard for the Senator from IL to just slip into a country ... http://www.democraticdiva.com/2008/07/18/painting-a-literal-target-on-his-opponent-is-mccains-winning-strategy-now/ David Safier from Blog For Arizona shared the poigiant story of little Dustin Heatherly, a toddler who is suffering from a genetic defect that requires a kidney transplant.   His parents chose life for their son, which is what social conservatives want them to do, despite being alerted to his condition ... http://www.democraticdiva.com/2008/07/16/where-are-the-pro-lifers-indeed/ This evening Mark and I attended the Native American Voting Rights 60th anniversary celebration at the Fort McDowell reservation.   Prior to a 1948 AZ Supreme Court decision, Native Americans were considered to be "under Federal guardianship".  That meant, essentially, that they were wards of the state,and therefore disqualified from voting.   Pretty shocking to think that ... http://www.democraticdiva.com/2008/07/15/the-colossal-pile-of-umchutzpah-that-is-randy-pullen/ You might recall that back in 2000 there wasn't too much love lost between John McCain and George Bush.  After all, it was pretty well known that during that GOP primary Karl Rove orchestrated robocalls detailing McCain having an "illegitimate black baby" - referring to his adopted daughter from Bangladesh.  They went out to ... http://www.democraticdiva.com/2008/07/08/nice-family-values-there-john/ Last Thursday was the deadline to file ballot initiatives.  9 of the 11 that Arizonans will be able to vote on (assuming the signatures aren't challenged) are Citizens Initiatives.  That means, ostensibly, that a group of concerned ordinary, salt-of- the-earth folks got together and collected signatures from a few hundred ... http://www.democraticdiva.com/2008/07/07/lets-play-a-fun-new-game-its-called-find-the-astroturf-in-the-2008-ballot-initiatives/ Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have finally sung their Kumbayas. Here are some of the political-strategy clichés of Unity Day uncensored and for your enjoyment. The kiss and make up was comfortably and conveniently nestled in Unity, New Hampshire. Not only is the town named appropriately, but ... http://www.democraticdiva.com/2008/06/29/happy-unity-day/ No silly, not the kind he practices.  Rest assured that the hassling of poor brown people by his thugs will continue unabated.   I'm talking about the story that's had our local news and the sports world abuzz. PHOENIX (AP)—Shaquille O’Neal will lose his special deputy’s badge in Maricopa County because of language he ... http://www.democraticdiva.com/2008/06/27/joe-arpaios-principled-stand-against-racism/ I had a long drive in the Valley this afternoon so I was able to listen to most of Desert Politics on KPHX 1480.    Todd Landfried is the host.  Immigration is Todd's pet project so he made that the topic today, as he does quite often lately.  I'm okay with that, ... http://www.democraticdiva.com/2008/06/21/a-democratic-divas-dilemma-over-immigration/